Zachary Yeager is an incoming freshman and journalism major at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He graduated in the Class of 2021 from North High School in Minneapolis, where as a standout student-athlete he was both his class valedictorian and Minnesota all-state quarterback under head football coach Charles Adams. Amidst the nation’s racial adversity and Minneapolis’s position at the epicenter of unrest, Yeager has emerged as a thought leader among his peer group.
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2021 Festival
Black and Blue: When Coach Is Also a Cop
Charles Adams, a 20-year Minneapolis police officer, built a powerhouse football program at North High, in one of the city’s toughest neighborhoods. With a group of cop-coache...
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